Ontological Humility: Lord Voldemort and the Philosophers - Softcover

Holland, Nancy J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438445504 ISBN 13: 9781438445502

Verlag: State University of New York Press, 2014

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"Nancy J. Holland's Ontological Humility ... makes philosophy publicly relevant again. And despite the scope of its task, the book remains captivating and accessible." -- Fila Sophia

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Explores ontological humility in the history of philosophy, from Descartes to contemporary gender and race theory.

Neither self-effacing modesty nor religious meekness, ontological humility is a moral and philosophical attitude toward transcendence—the unknown and unknowable background of existence—and a recognition and awareness of the contingency and chance that influence the course of our lives. It is a concept that Nancy J. Holland finds both throughout the history of philosophy and across the volumes of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Tracing it through the philosophical thought of figures ranging from Descartes, Hume, and Kant to Heidegger, Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, and Derrida, Holland uses the Harry Potter saga as a guide to illustrate the concept, revealing a whole set of ethical imperatives. Connecting the concept to contemporary gender and race theory, she demonstrates its implications both for our understanding of th

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• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1438445504
• ISBN 13: 9781438445502
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 170